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27 U.S.C. § 215 — Labeling requirement

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27 U.S.C. § 215 — Labeling requirement

**(a) Statement required on container** On and after the expiration of the 12-month period following November 18, 1988, it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, import, or bottle for sale or distribution in the United States any alcoholic beverage unless the container of such beverage bears the following statement: “GOVERNMENT WARNING: (1) According to the Surgeon General, women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of birth defects. (2) Consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery, and may cause health problems.”. **(b) Conspicuous and prominent location of statement on container** The statement required by subsection (a) of this section shall be located in a conspicuous and prominent place on the container of such beverage, as determined by the Secretary, shall be in type of a size determined by the Secretary, and shall appear on a contrasting background. The Secretary shall make such determinations within 90 days after November 18, 1988. **(c) Alcoholic beverages intended for export; beverages intended for Armed Forces of the United States** Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply with respect to alcoholic beverages that are manufactured, imported, bottled, or labeled for export from the United States, or for delivery to a vessel or aircraft, as supplies, for consumption beyond the jurisdiction of the internal revenue laws of the United States: Provided, That this exemption shall not apply with respect to alcoholic beverages that are manufactured, imported, bottled, or labeled for sale, distribution, or shipment to members or units of the Armed Forces of the United States, including those located outside the United States. **(d) Powers of Secretary; rules and regul

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26 U.S.C. § 5214 — Withdrawal of distilled spirits from bonded premises free of tax or without payment of tax

**(a) Purposes** Distilled spirits on which the internal revenue tax has not been paid or determined may, subject to such regulations as the Secretary shall prescribe, be withdrawn from the bonded premises of any distilled spirits plant in approved containers— (1) free of tax after denaturation of such spirits in the manner prescribed by law for— (A) exportation; (B) use in the manufacture of ether, chloroform, or other definite chemical substance where such distilled spirits are changed into some other chemical substance and do not appear in the finished product; or (C) any other use in the arts and industries (except for uses prohibited by section 5273(b) or (d)) and for fuel, light, and power; or (2) free of tax by, and for the use of, the United States or any governmental agency thereof, any State, any political subdivision of a State, or the District of Columbia, for nonbeverage purposes; or (3) free of tax for nonbeverage purposes and not for resale or use in the manufacture of any product for sale— (A) for the use of any educational organization described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(ii) which is exempt from income tax under section 501(a), or for the use of any scientific university or college of learning; (B) for any laboratory for use exclusively in scientific research; (C) for use at any hospital, blood bank, or sanitarium), (including use in making any analysis or test at such hospital, blood bank, or sanitarium), or at any pathological laboratory exclusively engaged in making analyses, or tests, for hospitals or sanitariums; or (D) for the use of any clinic operated for charity and not for profit (including use in the compounding of bona fide medicines for treatment outside of such clinics of patients thereof); or (4) without payment of

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27 U.S.C. § 216 — Preemption

No statement relating to alcoholic beverages and health, other than the statement required by [section 215 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title27-section215&num=0&edition=prelim), shall be required under State law to be placed on any container of an alcoholic beverage, or on any box, carton, or other package, irrespective of the material from which made, that contains such a container.

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27 U.S.C. § 215 — Labeling requirement

Page 19 TITLE 27—INTOXICATING LIQUORS § 217 1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘terms’’. (B) commerce between points in any State, the District of Columbia, the Common- wealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Is- land, the Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, or Johnston Island, but through any place out- side thereof; or (C) commerce wholly within the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, the Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, or Johnston Island. (5) The term ‘‘container’’ means the inner- most sealed container irrespective of the ma- terial from which made, in which an alcoholic beverage is placed by the bottler and in which such beverage is offered for sale to members of the general public. (6) The term ‘‘health’’ includes, but is not limited to, the prevention of accidents. (7) The term ‘‘person’’ means an individual, partnership, joint stock company, business trust, association, corporation, or any other business or legal entity, including a receiver, trustee, or liquidating agent, and also includes any State, any State agency, or any officer or employee thereof. (8) The term 1 ‘‘sale’’ and ‘‘distribution’’ in- clude sampling or any other distribution not for sale. (9) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec- retary of the Treasury. (10) The term ‘‘State’’ includes any political subdivision of any State, the District of Co- lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, the Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, or Johnston Island. (11) The term ‘‘State law’

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